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The Guardian - UK
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Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has rape conviction quashed after appeal

Dani Alves leaves the Brians 2 prison in March 2024 on bail while he appeals his rape conviction
Dani Alves leaves prison on bail in March 2024. Photograph: Bruna Casas/Reuters

The former Brazil international Dani Alves has had his conviction for rape overturned on appeal.

In February 2024, a court sentenced Alves to a minimum sentence of four years and six months for the rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. As he had already spent more than a year on remand, Alves was released under legal supervision shortly afterwards.

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